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John Manley, Former Finance Minister & David Dodge, Former Bank of Canada Governor; The Front Bench with: Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh; Mary Ng, International Trade Minister.
Guest host David Common speaks with CBC News senior business reporter Peter Armstrong and The Globe and Mail's Marieke Walsh about the economic implications of – and political response to – Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods, writer Pico Iyer reflects on what embracing silence has taught him about life and loss, aviation journalist Kerry Lynch discusses recent changes in aviation and politics, former CSIS national security analyst Stephanie Carvin unpacks key takeaways from the foreign interference report, and we play another round of our monthly challenge, That's Puzzling!.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday
Anthony Furey, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier; Frances Donald, RBC & Avery Shenfeld, CIBC; The Front Bench with: Sharan Kaur, Jamie Ellerton, Geoff Meggs & Marieke Walsh.
Kirsten Hillman, Canadian Ambassador to the U.S.; Scott Moe, Saskatchewan Premier; Andrew Furey, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh.
The Programme for Government talks are officially underway, and all eyes are on the horse-trading, backroom deals, and political machinations that come with it. This week on Taking Stock Mandy Johnston talks to two seasoned insiders: former Labour Party Leader Pat Rabbitte and journalist and author Stephen Collins.In a move that has sent shockwaves through the footballing world, Saudi Arabia has officially been announced as the host of the 2034 FIFA World Cup. Mandy is joined by Martin Lipton, one of football's most insightful commentators, to delve into the implications of this historic decision. And finally, as Justin Trudeau steps down as Canada's Prime Minister, we'll take a closer look at his legacy with Marieke Walsh of the Globe and Mail.
After three federal election wins and just over nine years in office, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday. Trudeau had been facing mounting pressure within his party to step down, after many months of polls showing dwindling public support for the Liberal party and several key by-election losses.Now, the Liberal Party has to choose a new leader while Parliament is prorogued.The Globe's senior political reporter Marieke Walsh joins The Decibel to explain what led to Trudeau's exit and what comes next as political uncertainty now looms over Canada.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com
Four years ago Monday, a mob fueled by President-elect Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election stormed the U.S. Capitol to disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election by Congress. Harvard professor Alex Keyssar talks about how the story of the Jan. 6 attack has been reframed by Trump and his supporters. Then, after nearly a decade as Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation. The Globe and Mail's Marieke Walsh joins us. And, the start of a new year means many people are thinking about New Year's resolutions — including financial goals for 2025. CBS News' Jill Schlesinger discusses how you can meet your financial targets this year.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Anthony Housefather, Liberal – Quebec; Wayne Long, Liberal – New Brunswick; Jean Charest, former Quebec Premier & Gary Doer, Former Manitoba Premier; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh.
On Monday morning, Chrystia Freeland announced she was stepping down as finance minister. This came after reports of increasing tensions between her and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the GST break and $250 cheques. She posted her letter on X just after 9 a.m., on the day when she was supposed to deliver the fall economic statement.Later, after a day of speculation and confusion, the Liberals tabled the fall economic update, and MP Dominic LeBlanc was sworn in as finance minister to replace Freeland. The day ended with a Liberal caucus meeting, where Trudeau's leadership was put into question.Globe and Mail senior political reporter Marieke Walsh is on the show to walk us through a chaotic day on Parliament Hill and tell us what this could all mean for the Liberal government.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com
Mike Le Couteur, CTV News; The Front Bench with: Laura D’Angelo, Jamie Ellerton, Kathleen Monk & Marieke Walsh.
Who will benefit and what is behind the more than six billion dollar expenditure? Our guest is Globe and Mailsenior political reporter Marieke Walsh.
Last Thursday, the Liberals announced a multibillion-dollar plan to help improve the cost of living. It includes a 2-month break from GST on dozens of products and services – from restaurant meals and liquor, to children's toys and diapers – and a one-time $250 cheque for working Canadians.But it's unclear exactly how these measures will get through the House of Commons, which has been the site of a months-long stalemate.Today, the Globe's senior political reporter, Marieke Walsh, is here to explain what's included in this tax break, the impact these changes could have on household expenses, and the politics at play.Questions? Comments? Ideas? E-mail us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com
MP Panel with: Mark Gerretsen, Andrew Scheer & Peter Julian; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh; Stephen Poloz, Former Bank of Canada Governor.
For more than a month, the government has not been able to pass any legislation. The House of Commons has been at a standstill, as they debate whether the Liberal government breached Parliamentary privilege.The Globe's senior politics reporter Marieke Walsh talks about why the House has been unable to put this debate to rest, and why that's leading to no movement in the House. She also catches us up on the latest news around Trudeau's leadership of the Liberal Party and what the Bloc Québecois ending its support for the Liberals means for our chances of an election.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com
Host Vassy Kapelos discusses the week's top political stories with Former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. David McNaughton and former U.S. ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft; Monk + Associates Kathleen Monk, CTV News political analyst Scott Reid, Rubcon Strategy's Tory Teneycke, former Conservative cabinet minister James Moore, Senator Hassan Yussuff, Author Stephen Maher, The Globe and Mail's Marieke Walsh and the Toronto Star's Robert Benzie.
Liberal-MP Ken Hardie; The Front Bench Panel with Marieke Walsh, Karl Belanger, Saeed Salvam and Jamie Ellerton; Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux
Ken Hardie, Liberal – British Columbia; Strategy Session with: Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke & Kathleen Monk; Nik Nanos, Nanos Research; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh.
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Marieke Walsh, Matt Gurney, and Stephen Maher about the week in Canadian politics, Michael Coren reflects on the transitions that have defined his public and personal life, Toluse Olorunnipa, Molly Ball, and Keith Boag break down what the final two weeks in the race for the White House could look like, and political scientist Oliver Stuenkel explains the rise of the BRICS group of nations.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday
Filomena Tassi, FedDev Ontario Minister; Strategy Panel with: Brian Gallant, Kory Teneycke, Tom Mulcair & Marieke Walsh; Heather Wright, CTV News; The Front Bench with: Kathleen Wynne, Rona Ambrose & Gary Doer.
CTV News' Judy Trinh; Canada's Ambassador to U.S. Kirsten Hillman, The Front Bench with Marieke Walsh, George Soule, Jamie Ellerton and Saeed Selvam
Karina Gould, Government House Leader; Christine Normandin, Bloc Québécois Deputy House Leader; General (Red't) Tom Lawson, Former Chief of the Defence Staff & Vice Admiral (Ret'd) Mark Norman, Former Royal Canadian Navy Commander; The Front Bench with: Muhammad Ali, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh.
Steven Guilbeault, Environment Minister; Vic Fedeli, Ontario Trade Minister; The Front Bench with: Zita Astravas, James Moore, Tom Mulcair and Marieke Walsh.
On Monday, voters in the Winnipeg riding of Elmwood-Transcona and Montreal's LaSalle-Émard-Verdun went to the polls. The results saw the Liberals lose another safe seat and the NDP narrowly beat out the Conservatives. Marieke Walsh, The Globe's senior political reporter, explains exactly how much the opposition parties gained on the Liberals in Montreal, and how the battle between Blue and Orange went down in Winnipeg. Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com
Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Liberal National Campaign Co-Chair; Nik Nanos, Nanos Research; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair & Marieke Walsh.
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with aviation expert John Gradek about what the Air Canada pilot dispute illuminates about broader turbulence on our transportation landscape, The Globe and Mail's Marieke Walsh sets up the top concerns and challenges facing MPs as Parliament returns, musicologist Walter Frisch explores the enduring power of the classic song "Over the Rainbow", economists Armine Yalnizyan and Mikal Skuterud weigh the stakes of changes to Canada's immigration policy, and author Ben Yagoda charts the rise of Britishisms in North American English.Discover more at https://cbc.ca/sunday
Rick Klein, ABC News Political Director; François-Philippe Champagne, Industry Minister ; Mike Le Couteur, CTV News & Rachel Aiello, CTV News ; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh.
Since March 2022, the NDP has been propping up the Liberals in a supply and confidence agreement, that saw both parties support each other and strike deals to pass legislation. That agreement was originally meant to hold until June 2025, before the party breaks for a scheduled election that fall. But that relationship is now over. On Wednesday, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh released a video saying he's ‘ripping up' that agreement early. Marieke Walsh is a senior political reporter for the Globe. She's on the show to talk about why the NDP is pulling their support now, and what this move means for the major federal parties.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com
Karina Gould, Government House Leader; Political Panel with: Tom Mulcair, Rona Ambrose & Scott Reid; Nik Nanos, Nanos Research; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Jamie Ellerton, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh.
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with columnist Emilie Nicolas, senior political reporter Marieke Walsh, and former Liberal strategist David Herle about what's at stake for the federal Liberals ahead of Parliament's return, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about his latest kids book Simone, and we present an on-stage conversation with journalists April Lindgren, Mohsin Abbas, Juanita Taylor, and Nicholas Hune-Brown about the vital role of local news – and new ideas emerging to enhance it.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday
Mark Holland, Health Minister; Joy Malbon, CTV News; Jean-François Perrault, Scotiabank & Beata Caranci, TD Bank Group; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh
Scott Reid, Kory Teneycke & Kathleen Monk; Karina Gould, Liberal Cabinet Minister & Liberal Party Ontario Campaign Co-Chair; Shachi Kurl, Angus Reid Institute & David Coletto, Abacus Data; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair & Robert Benzie; Nik Nanos, Nanos Research; Journalists Panel with: Evan Solomon, Marieke Walsh, Judy Trinh & Paul Wells.
Ali Ehsassi, Liberal – Ontario; Steven MacKinnon, Government House Leader; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Gurratan Singh and Marieke Walsh.
Mike Le Couteur, CTV News & Marieke Walsh, The Globe and Mail; Stephen Lecce, Ontario Energy Minister; The Front Bench with: Christy Clark, John Tory & Tom Mulcair
MP Panel with: Francesco Sorbara, Andrew Scheer & Don Davies; Bill Browder, Hermitage Capital Management; The Front Bench with: Carlene Variyan, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh
MP Panel with: Taleeb Noormohamed, Michael Chong & Peter Julian; John Manley, Former Finance Minister; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger & Marieke Walsh
Joy Malbon, CTV News; David Frum, The Atlantic & Brian Stelter, Vanity Fair; Yves Giroux, Parliamentary Budget Officer; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Laryssa Waler, Gurratan Singh & Marieke Walsh
Chris Alyward, Public Service Alliance of Canada; Gen. (Ret'd) Tom Lawson, former Chief of the Defence Staff; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Shakir Chambers, Karl Bélanger and Marieke Walsh.
Steven MacKinnon, Government House Leader; Melissa Lantsman, Deputy Conservative Leader & Gord Johns, NDP Mental Health & Harm Reduction Minister; Scott Moe, Saskatchewan Premier; The Front Bench with: Brian Gallant, Lisa Raitt, Tom Mulcair & Marieke Walsh.
Pollsters Christian Bourque, Shachi Kurl and David Coletto; former U.S. secretary of defense Leon Panetta; The Front Bench with Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Belanger and Marieke Walsh.
The 2024 Canadian federal budget has been unveiled, with a particular focus on affordability and housing this year. But the 430 page plan covers a wide gamut of other spending details – from defence, tax hikes, generational fairness and much more. Making sense of it all can be overwhelming.We'll cover all the key points of this year's budget and explain how it will affect your wallet and financial prospects. A team of Globe and Mail journalists – senior political reporter Marieke Walsh, real estate reporter Rachelle Younglai, Report on Business reporter Mark Rendell and personal finance expert Rob Carrick – join The Decibel to explain what you need to know.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com
Anita Anand, Treasury Board President; Rachel Aiello, CTV News; The Front Bench with: David Herle, Gary Mar, Brian Topp and Marieke Walsh
Scott Moe, Saskatchewan Premier; Mike Duheme, RCMP Commissioner; The Front Bench with: Sabrina Grover, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger and Marieke Walsh.
Tim Houston, Nova Scotia Premier; Anthony Housefather, Liberal – Quebec; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Karl Bélanger and Marieke Walsh
Charles Sousa, Procurement Parliamentary Secretary; Stéfane Marion, National Bank of Canada & Jean-François Perrault, Scotiabank; Frank McKenna, Former Canadian Ambassador to the United States; The Front Bench with: Saeed Selvam, Gary Mar, Kathleen Monk and Marieke Walsh.
The Liberal-NDP supply-and-confidence deal has passed another test. The two parties managed to table a pharmacare bill before the March 1 deadline. But the compromise legislation is a limited program, supplying universal, single-payer coverage to only two classes of drugs.Marieke Walsh, the Globe's Senior Political Reporter, explains how the program will work and how much it will cost.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com
Hannah Hodson, Former Federal Conservative Candidate; Gen (Ret'd) Tom Lawson, Former Chief of the Defence Staff & Vice-Adm (Ret'd) Mark Norman; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Lisa Raitt, Karl Bélanger and Marieke Walsh
Seamus O'Regan, Labour Minister; Joël-Denis Bellavance, La Presse & Bill Curry, The Globe and Mail; The Front Bench with: Elliot Hughes, Monte Solberg, Karl Bélanger and Marieke Walsh.
Steven MacKinnon, Government House Leader; Andrew Scheer, Conservative House Leader and Peter Julian, NDP House Leader; Rachel Aiello, CTV News; The Front Bench with: Dan Moulton, Shakir Chambers, Kathleen Monk and Marieke Walsh.
Nearly two years on, the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act against the 2022 convoy protests is still being debated – politically and legally. This week, a Federal Court judge ruled that the Trudeau government's invocation of the act was unjustified and violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.The Globe's senior political reporter Marieke Walsh explains this latest ruling, how this finding is different from last year's inquiry findings and what this all means for the Trudeau government.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com
Last week, Justin Trudeau announced an exemption for the carbon price on home-heating oil. The majority of homes that use home-heating oil are in Atlantic Canada. Premiers in other provinces, like Saskatchewan and Alberta, say that's not fair – and are demanding carve-outs for heating fuel in their provinces too.Marieke Walsh is a senior political reporter for the Globe. She's on the show to talk about why Trudeau would soften his signature climate policy and what political machinations are at play behind the scenes.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com